Homberg

Homberg

1. Any of several places in Germany, Switzerland and The Netherlands.
2. A habitational surname derived from these placenames.

• Homburg
• homburg

• (Limburg) Attested as Hogh Bergh in 1803-1820. Derived from a compound of hoog (“high”) and berg (“hill, elevated place”).
• (Gelderland) Attested as de Homberg in 1865. Compound of a dative singular form of hoog (“high”) and berg (“hill, elevated place”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔm.bɛrx/
• Hyphenation: Hom‧berg

Homberg n

1. A hamlet in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.
2. A neighborhood of Wijchen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “homberg”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN